Canton police have made an arrest after a man who stopped at a gas station to put air in a tire was kidnapped at gunpoint.A man approached that victim Wednesday night at the Shell gas station on Highway 22, put a gun to his head and forced him to get into his car, police said. The attacker told the man he was being robbed and demanded that he hand over his money, investigators said.Watch the storyThe robber forced the man to drive to a BankPlus in Gluckstadt to withdraw money from an ATM, but when they got there, the man saw a police vehicle across the street, authorities said. The victim jumped out, rolled on the ground and ran to the officer, police said.The robber drove off in the man’s vehicle, police said.Police found the suspect and the victims car a couple hours later on Bailey Avenue in Jackson.Police arrested James Brent on Thursday in connection with the incident.

CANTON, Miss. —

Canton police have made an arrest after a man who stopped at a gas station to put air in a tire was kidnapped at gunpoint.

A man approached that victim Wednesday night at the Shell gas station on Highway 22, put a gun to his head and forced him to get into his car, police said. The attacker told the man he was being robbed and demanded that he hand over his money, investigators said.

The robber forced the man to drive to a BankPlus in Gluckstadt to withdraw money from an ATM, but when they got there, the man saw a police vehicle across the street, authorities said. The victim jumped out, rolled on the ground and ran to the officer, police said.

The robber drove off in the man’s vehicle, police said.

Police found the suspect and the victims car a couple hours later on Bailey Avenue in Jackson.

Police arrested James Brent on Thursday in connection with the incident.